Johns Hopkins / NCED
Marmot Dam Website

This site is meant to present and share some of the data collected in the process of researching the Marmot Dam removal from the Sandy River, OR.   I am a geomorphologist, not a web designer, so pardon the amateurish appearance of this page. I have been involved with this monitoring since spring 2007 in conjunction with my PhD research.

This work has been funded by the National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics (NCED) and the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB)
I have collected quite a bit of data over the past few years and am willing to share with other interested parties. We have an data repository set up at NCED in order to facilitate data sharing.  Please contact me at:
charles (dot) podolak (at) jhu (dot) edu
Links to Other Work
Stillwater Sciences 2000 report on geomorphic effects
Stillwater Sciences 2000 report on numerical modeling
Bureau of Reclamation survey of the Sandy River (2007)
Bureau of Reclamation survey of the Sandy River (2009)
Bureau of Reclamation survey data (2007 & 2009)
Major et al (2008) EOS article on the initial fluvial response
O'Conner, Major and Grant (2009) Geotimes article
USFS Repeat Photography Report (2009)
Major et al (2010) Time Lapse Photography
USGS Marmot Dam Website
Links to reports / presentations
Time Series of Photographs at the damsite
Water Year 2008 Sediment Monitoring Report to OWEB
Podolak & Pittman presentation to Town of Sandy (2008)
Podolak & Pittman presentation to USFS (2008)
Podolak AGU (2008) 1st year Sediment Budget
Podolak (May 2009) Observations of Channel Change in Oxbow Park
Podolak & Pittman presentation to Town of Sandy (2009)
Podolak GSA (2009) presentation
GSA (2009) field trip handout
Podolak AGU (2009) poster
Annual Report to OWEB (June 2008 to May 2009)
Podolak RRNW (2010) presentation
Podolak FISC (2010) paper
Podolak et al GBR (2010) poster
Podolak RRNW (2011) presentation
Podolak AGU (2011) presentation
Key Concepts in Geomorphology textbook vignettes
               "An Example of One River's Response to a Large Dam Removal"
               "(Sediment) Accounting 101: An Example"
Links to Intern Projects
2007
Group Report
Berrios Poster - Photosieving
Coronado Poster - Critical Discharge
Ekstrand Poster - Interpolation Methods
Long Poster - Optimal Grain Size for Salmon Spawning

Martinez Poster - Measuring Riparian Vegetation

Final Report to OWEB (2011) (Entire Report - 13 MB)
Final Report to OWEB (2011) Section 1: Introduction
Final Report to OWEB (2011) Section 2: Methods
Final Report to OWEB (2011) Section 3: Results
Final Report to OWEB (2011) Section 4: Discussion
Final Report to OWEB (2011) Section 5: Lessons
Final Report to OWEB (2011) Section 6: Dissemination of Findings
Final Report to OWEB (2011) Section 7: Repeat Panoramic Photos
Final Report to OWEB (2011) Section 8: References
2008
Group Report
Deviller Poster - Post-dam Removal Grain Size Changes
Jurk Poster - Post-dam removal Grain Size Changes
Palomo Poster - Streamgauge Comparisons
Shin Poster - Downstream Grain Size Changes
Trifone Poster - Measuring Bed Changes with DEMs
Other Links 2009
National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
Graham Matthews & Associates
Stillwater Sciences
Cooks - LIDAR Accuracy - Report / Poster
Di Leonardo - Reservoir Sediment Characterization -  Report / Poster
Folz-Donahue - Riparian Vegetation - Report / Poster
RiCharde - Analysis of a Cut Bank Cliff - Report / Poster
Roark - Macroinvertibrate Community Measurements - Report / Poster